Facebook Unveils Timeline, Updated Open Graph

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook today announced a new Timeline feature and a new type of social app under its Open Graph. They're not available yet, but almost all the details are finally official."

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MySpace 3.0?

[ZxCv]

The only thing missing from the new profile is the ability to set huge animated gifs as my background.

social replaced religion

[alen]

in the old days people would go to a religious place to think about their importance and place in the universe. in the 21st century you show off your entire life to the world on the internet

Saw that, want to leave now

[H3lldr0p]

It's simple. The companies FB has partnered with to mine that data want their jobs to be easier. So it's now up to the users to put the connections in there that they either couldn't (due to too much noise, legal concerns, what have you) or didn't want to spend the money on developing. That's what this is all about. Make it voluntary and in most instances you've made it legal. Make it necessary and you have the users doing the hard work for you.

Given how much effort it takes just to get a simple feed of stuff from friends, the way it used to be, I have the feeling that this portends the end of usefulness for the facebook. Perhaps the Oatmeal is right, by 2014 it's nothing but old women playing games who have the time to put those connections together.

Re:Saw that, want to leave now

[Haedrian]

Is there ANYONE else who finds the idea of putting your whole life in plain view for the world to see a good idea?

I mean before it was bad enough, "Everyone can see your pictures" bla bla bla, but this?

Becoming a stalker just got easier.

Re:Saw that, want to leave now

[SaDan]

Given how much effort it takes just to get a simple feed of stuff from friends, the way it used to be, I have the feeling that this portends the end of usefulness for the facebook.

I agree, which is why I submitted the request to have my account removed yesterday. It's just too much BS in my browser anymore, which is why I left MySpace years ago for facebook.

Re:Saw that, want to leave now

[N1AK]

You're welcome to believe you're so much better and 'above' all there ultimately pointless biological and socialogical derived inclinations. Personally, anyone sharing a view like that on a public forum like Slashdot looks like a blatant hypocrite to me. The number of people alive who don't need to validate their existence or care what people think of them and what they do is tiny; in fact they would be the people that society typically brands as having mental issues.

My GF says..

[synapse7]

"Everybody hates the new layout and are leaving". Seems odd FB would make such a change right as Google+ registration opens.

Re:My GF says..

[Lunix Nutcase]

And does your girlfriend have any actual data to back that up or is this like when nerds say "i don't know anyone who uses windows" to try to claim that linux was a success on the desktop?

Re:My GF says..

[BasilBrush]

Deja vu. The interface that everyone is now missing, they were complaining about when it was new last year. People hate change initially, then get used to the new status quo.

Re:My GF says..

[Demonoid-Penguin]

And does your girlfriend have any actual data to back that up or is this like when nerds say "i don't know anyone who uses windows" to try to claim that linux was a success on the desktop?

You're misquoting me - what I said was I don't associate with anyone who does Windows - I give them spare change and leave my old tech on the nature strip for them. I just don't associate with them - there's a difference.

Myspace is back?

[Haedrian]

Does it come with auto-on 20 second clips of poor bitrated versions of favourite songs?

Re:Content Uncontrolled

[cornface]

Everytime I see someone complaining about people annoying them on Facebook it cracks me up, because the people that are annoying you are people you intentionally befriended. These are your peers. Perhaps turning away from your computer screen for a few minutes for a nice long gaze into the mirror would be useful.

Re:You are the product

[SaDan]

Very true, but I'm willing to put up with a certain amount of crap for a free service that can be used for education and entertainment. MySpace stepped over that line pretty quick years ago, and now facebook has just crossed the line. Google+, however, isn't as bad. Yet.

I love how it lets you listen in to friends chats

[WillAffleckUW]

Even if you only "know" both of them thru some passing knowledge, you can see their private chats and messages so long as 1 of the 2 or (for multi person messages, at least 1) of them has not blocked it explicity.

Oh wait, I meant "dislike".

Amid all the FUD...

[duerra]

... is the really, really slick new timeline features. I'm having a hard time coming up with anything negative to say about the new timeline based layout. For those of you that have enabled it, what are your thoughts? I'm actually very impressed, and I think Facebook just leveled from my perspective.

Re:I love how it lets you listen in to friends cha

[WillAffleckUW]

US version only. Click on Friends - check subscriptions - enable only those you want enabled. Shows up on Home in the upper right corner.

Note if one friend has permissions (by default) enabled, you still get to hear both friends even tho one turned it off.